Unit 4 : Lesson 1: Protecting and maintaining your home

Writing

Seasonal home maintenance checklist

Routine maintenance can help you save money on expensive repairs. Discuss with your class the kinds of routine maintenance you might have to do in the fall and spring. Put together a maintenance checklist for fall and spring. Add at least three more items to each checklist. Explain your answers to the class.

Fall checklist

Outside

__ Remove window air-conditioners, or put covers on them.

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Inside

__ Check insulation wherever possible. Replace or add if necessary.

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Spring checklist

Outside

__ Check all door and window screens; patch or replace as needed.

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Inside

__ Replace filters on air-conditioners.

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